Hellthrashing Warriors

Here is the first release of the new Russian label “Atomic Carnage”, featuring 3 bands from different places around the globe, united by beer and passion to play Black/Thrash. The Finnish "Bestial Torture" opens with 2 attacks of utter rawness, playing stuff that sounds like something between early Destruction and Gospel of the Horns. Nice riffs, utterly poisonous vocals and killer solos, that’s just what one would ask a band in this genre to create, and BT did it quite well! 9 / 10

Next come 2 new tracks of Terrorist (US), who also came to (black) thrash! Their stuff sounds like a direct continuation of the previous band, but they sound uglier (in the good sense), but more monotonous, especially because of the drums, which sound as annoying as a drum machine. That’s really pity, since the songs themselves are well written and sound like a very simplistic but great homage to early Sodom. Anyway – it’s not that bad, but not nearly as good as the previous band on this split. 7 / 10

Last but not least is a great surprise for me, which is finally a RUSSIAN Black/Thrash band "Bestial Reviler", who close this split with 3 dirty as fuck assaults, which sound really impressive considering the fact that it’s the first time their music is released. Here is a very energetic mixture of Motorhead inspired intense Thrash riffs meet drunken to death vocals that make Mr. Violence form Gehennah sound neat, and here and there a bit more intense parts that resemble the great Slaughter from Canada. The sound quality here is the rawest on the CD, but it fits perfectly and makes it sound even more like another great old band from the 80’s.

When all is said and done – this is one Hell of a split and I hope that this label will unleash more great bands like these 3 in the near future! Support them, bastards! 8 / 10 to BR, 8 / 10 for the CD.